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ArtServe is the operating name of Methodist Arts Limited, a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (no. 06673242) and a registered charity (no.1129831).

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ArtServe is an exciting new organisation which promotes and supports the use of creative arts in Christian worship, including music, dance and drama, visual arts, and creative writing.

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If you have still got your Christmas tree trunk and made it into a cross, here are a few ideas for using in worship displays leading up to and including Easter.

If you haven't, talk someone into creating a large cross for you (and then talk someone else into loaning you their 'workmate' to stand it in).

 

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By Yvonne Coppock - ArtServe Member

Posters can be used in many different ways. Outside the church, the poster attracts attention and stimulates interest, or advertises what's going on. Inside, it can inform or inspire.

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or Five Parables and a Pig

A sower went forth to sow

Minimum Theatre's latest production is a collection of five parables of Jesus, delivered in Minimum Theatre’s inimitable comic style.

The production is available to tour in the Melton Mowbray area from March to July 2012, either as a complete package or as separate items for inclusion in an act of worship. We will devise the accompanying act of worship or you can create your own.

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Singing the Faith is a new hymn book for the Methodist Church which was published in September 2011. The book has its own websites Singing the Faith and Singing the Faith Plus.

ArtServe is keen to see Singing the Faith as more than just a hymn book - but also as an opportunity to broaden our worship experience through drama, art and story. Here, Valerie Ruddle offers suggestions based on seasons of the church calendar.

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